On Friday night the brilliant Ari Hest played at the Tractor Tavern in Seattle. Renata Steiner brings back some fabulous photos of the multi-instrumentalist Hest, whose new album Sunset Over Hope Street just came out in March. I can’t wait for Hest to return and see him for myself!
Ari Hest
I love sparkly things so I have to say I love the video for “Tiny Head” by the Luyas. I also like the black-and-white starkness of this video with just singer Jessie Stein’s face as the focus. They’re here tonight, opening for Liam Finn at the Crocodile.
Tiny Head by The Luyas from Secretly Jag on Vimeo.
screenshot of “Tiny Head” video
Here’s a spooky video from Editors for “Eat Raw Meat = Blood Drool”. As bonuses, there’s an evil Micky Mouse plus a skeleton riding a dinosaur. Dang. I don’t want to get left out, or get fucked, indeed.
screenshot of “Eat Raw Meat = Blood Drool” video
Has a band called itself Yuck before? Not to my knowledge. Yuck comes to Seattle’s Neumos with Tame Impala on April 22nd. I like this song, “Get Away,” and the video features some Cat Fancy action.
Yay, we’ve got sweet shots by Alex Crick of Akron/Family‘s appearance at Neumos on Thursday. I also recommend that you check out Akron/Family’s fantastic video for “Silly Bears”. I posted the video already but I love it so much I had to point to it again!
Akron/Family
California’s Tower of Power headlined Jazz Alley on Friday, March 25th. Photographer Matthew Lamb got some awesome shots of the the band, who has been at it for over forty years. Tower of Power has several horn players in it, including one of the original members, Stephen “Doc” Kupka.
Tower of Power
Lady Gaga and Scissor Sisters brought the Monster Ball to Salt Lake City on March 19th. That’s right, we’ve got some special photos from Salt Lake City. One of the most gifted photographers I’ve seen, Josh Armstrong, was there and brought back some serious beauties of each act (Armstrong also contributed some excellent Britney Spears photos back in 2009):
Lady Gaga
Scissor Sisters